Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner. Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.
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- ▪That installation drew notice, and criticism, because Rodney, a plantation owner from Delaware who played a key role in crafting the Declaration of Independence, enslaved people—a complication that in 2020 led to the statue being taken down
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